Template:Hoyt quote

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Usage

This template produces a formatted quotation from Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

Parameters

All parameters are optional. There are no positional parameters.

num - the quotation number, rendered smaller than the normal font
text - the text of the quote. If you need poem formatting, you have to specify the <poem> tags yourself.
trans - translation of the quote, in an indented block
author - author of the quote, rendered in Small Caps
cog - cognomen of the author, no formatting
work - title of the work in which the quote appears, rendered in italics
place - position in the work, no formatting
note - notes that come on the same line as the place
seealso - references to other quotations, in a new block which is more indented

Blank template

{{Hoyt quote
 | num     = 
 | text    = 
 | trans   = 
 | author  = 
 | cog     = 
 | work    = 
 | place   = 
 | note    =
 | seealso =
}}

Example

{{Hoyt quote
 | num     = 2
 | text    = {{ppoem|
{{gap|8em}}Boils and plagues 
Plaster you o'er, that you may be abhorr'd 
Further than seen.
}}
 | trans   = 
 | author  = 
 | work    = Coriolanus.
 | place   = Act I. Sc. 4. L. 37. 
 | note    =
 | seealso =
}}

2

Boils and plagues
Plaster you o'er, that you may be abhorr'd
Further than seen.

Coriolanus. Act I. Sc. 4. L. 37.

{{Hoyt quote
 | num     = 7
 | text    = He'll find a way.
 | trans   = 
 | author  = Barrie
 | work    = Sentimental Tommy.
 | place   = 
 | note    = (Corp's belief in Tommy and Tommy's in himself.) 
 | seealso =
}}

7

He'll find a way.

Barrie—Sentimental Tommy (Corp's belief in Tommy and Tommy's in himself.)

{{Hoyt quote
 | num     = 9
 | text    = <poem>
For as our modern wits behold, 
Mounted a pick-back on the old, 
Much farther off, much further he, 
Rais'd on his aged Beast, could see.
</poem>
 | trans   = 
 | author  = Butler
 | work    = Hudibras.
 | place   = Pt. I. Canto II. L. 971. 
 | note    = 
 | seealso = Same idea in {{sc|Macaulay}} ''Essay on'' {{sc|Sir James Mackintosh}}. (See also {{sc|Coleridge}}, {{sc|Didacus Stella}}, {{sc|Herbert}}, {{sc|Seneca}}.) 
}}

9

For as our modern wits behold,
Mounted a pick-back on the old,
Much farther off, much further he,
Rais'd on his aged Beast, could see.

Butler—Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto II. L. 971.

Same idea in Macaulay Essay on Sir James Mackintosh. (See also Coleridge, Didacus Stella, Herbert, Seneca.)

{{Hoyt quote
 | num     = 
 | text    = Etiam illud adjungo, ssepius ad laudem atque virtutem naturam sine doctrina, quam sine natura valisse doctrinam. 
 | trans   = I add this also, that natural ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
 | author  = Cicero
 | work    = Oratio Pro Licinio Archia.
 | place   = Archia
 | note    = 
 | seealso = 
}}

Etiam illud adjungo, ssepius ad laudem atque virtutem naturam sine doctrina, quam sine natura valisse doctrinam.

I add this also, that natural ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

Cicero—Oratio Pro Licinio Archia. Archia

Template for generating Entry's in Hoyt's New cyclopedia of quotations.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
num	`num`	Number of quote on page	Unknown	required
page	`page`	Page number in Hoyt	Unknown	required
text	`text`	Text of the quotation concerned	Unknown	required
trans	`trans`	no description	Unknown	optional
author	`author`	no description	Unknown	optional
cog	`cog`	no description	Unknown	optional
Work	`work`	Work in which the quotation appears	Unknown	optional
place	`place`	no description	Unknown	optional
note	`note`	no description	Unknown	optional
seealso	`seealso`	no description	Unknown	optional

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